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मोक्षप्राप्ती – कर्मापासून मुक्ती

गुरुत्वाकर्षणाप्रमाणे कर्म हा एक नियम आहे जो तुमच्या आणि माझ्यावर कार्य करतो. कर्माचा अर्थ अनेक गोष्टी असू शकतात, परंतु मूलभूत कल्पना अशी आहे की आपल्याकडे कर्मे आहेत आणि पुण्य कर्मांची योग्यता आणि वाईट कर्मांची शिक्षा आपल्या आत्म्याशी जोडलेली आहे. जोपर्यंत आपली कर्मे पूर्णतः पुण्यपूर्ण नसतात तोपर्यंत आपल्याला मोबदला द्यावा लागतो आणि जोपर्यंत तो भरला जात नाही तोपर्यंत आपण बंधनात असतो.

आपणा सर्वांनाच हे कोणत्या ना कोणत्या प्रकारे सहज जाणवते. आणि आपल्या ज्ञानाने आणि बुद्धीने आपण संचित कर्माला सामोरे जाण्याचे अनेक मार्ग शोधून काढले आहेत. एक कर्ममार्ग (कामाचा मार्ग) आहे जिथे आपण चांगले काम करण्यासाठी कठोर परिश्रम करतो. तेथे मंत्र आणि पूजा पाठ केल्या जातात. कुंभमेळा उत्सव सारखे सण आणि आंघोळीची मागणी केली जाते . हे सर्व मार्ग कठीण आहेत आणि आमचे प्रयत्न पुरेसे आहेत याची आम्हाला खात्री नसते. आपल्या कृतीमागील हेतू पुरेसे चांगले होते का? कर्मांची पुरेशी संख्या पुरेशी चांगली होती का? आम्हाला कधीच खात्री नसते. आणि म्हणून, गुरुत्वाकर्षणाप्रमाणे, आपण कर्मामध्ये राहतो, मुक्त होऊ शकत नाही आणि मोक्ष प्राप्त करू शकत नाही. म्हणूनच पूजा करण्यापूर्वी लोक प्रार्थनास्नान (किंवा प्रतासन) मंत्र म्हणतात (“मी पापी आहे. मी पापाचे फळ आहे. मी पापात जन्मलो आहे. माझा आत्मा पापाखाली आहे. मी सर्वात वाईट पापी आहे. ज्याचे डोळे सुंदर आहेत, त्या परमेश्वरा, मला वाचव.

प्रजापती / यहोवा: देव जो त्यागात प्रदान करतो

मग हा ‘त्यागाचा स्वामी’ कोण आहे? आणि तो आपल्याला या कर्माच्या नियमापासून कसा वाचवू शकतो? अगदी सुरुवातीच्या वेद ग्रंथांमध्ये, सर्व सृष्टीचा स्वामी जो देव होता – ज्याने विश्व निर्माण केले आणि त्याचे नियंत्रण केले – त्याला प्रजापती म्हटले गेले . प्रजापतीच्या माध्यमातूनच इतर सर्व काही अस्तित्वात आले.

इ.स.पू. १५०० च्या सुमारास ऋग्वेद लिहिला गेला त्याच वेळी, पृथ्वीच्या दुसऱ्या भागात – ज्याला आता मध्य पूर्व म्हणतात त्यामध्ये शास्त्राचा आणखी एक संच देखील नोंदवला जात होता. वेद पुष्टकम (बायबल) मधील हे सर्वात जुने हिब्रू ग्रंथ तोरा म्हणून ओळखले जातात . तोराह संपूर्ण विश्वाचा निर्माता एक देव आहे या घोषणेने सुरू होतो. मूळ हिब्रूमधील लिप्यंतरणात या देवाला एकतर एलोहिम किंवा यहोवा असे संबोधण्यात आले होते आणि ही नावे या हिब्रू ग्रंथांमध्ये पुढे मागे बदललेली आहेत. अशाप्रकारे, ऋग्वेदातील प्रजापतीप्रमाणे , तोरामधील यहोवा किंवा एलोहिम सर्व सृष्टीचा स्वामी होता (आणि आहे).

तोराहच्या सुरुवातीच्या काळात, अब्राहम नावाच्या आरसीशी एक उल्लेखनीय चकमकीत यहोवाने स्वतःला ‘प्रदान करणारा’ देव म्हणूनही प्रकट केले . या चकमकीबद्दल आपण नंतर अधिक तपशीलवार पाहू. या क्षणासाठी मला फक्त परमेश्वराशी साम्य लक्षात घ्यायचे आहे जो (हिब्रूमधून Yahweh-yireh असे लिप्यंतरित) ऋग्वेदातील प्रजापतीशी आहे जो “प्राण्यांचा रक्षक किंवा समर्थक” आहे.

यहोवा कशा प्रकारे पुरवतो? कर्मापासून मुक्त होण्याची गरज आम्ही आधीच लक्षात घेतली आहे आणि ‘त्यागाच्या देवाला’ प्रार्थना करणारा मंत्र आम्ही लक्षात घेतला आहे. ऋग्वेद आम्हाला सांगून याचा विस्तार करतो:

“वास्तविक यज्ञ प्रजापती हाच आहे” [संस्कृत: ‘पजापतिर यज्ञ’]

यावर संस्कृत विद्वान एच. अग्युलर यांनी सतपथ ब्राह्मणाचे भाषांतर करून खालीलप्रमाणे भाष्य केले:

“आणि खरंच, त्यागासाठी दुसरा कोणी (बळी) भेटला नाही, त्या एका प्रजापतीशिवाय, आणि देवतांनी त्याला यज्ञ करायला सुरुवात केली. म्हणूनच याच्या संदर्भात ऋषींनी म्हटले आहे: ‘देवांनी यज्ञाच्या साहाय्याने यज्ञ अर्पण केला – कारण त्यागाच्या साहाय्याने त्यांनी त्याला (प्रजापती) अर्पण केले – हे पहिले नियम होते. , यासाठी हे कायदे प्रथम स्थापित केले गेले होते” एच. अग्युलर, ऋग्वेदातील बलिदान

प्रजापतीने (किंवा यहोवाने) आपली गरज ओळखली म्हणून त्याने आपल्या कर्माची तरतूद आत्मत्यागात केली असे वेद अगदी प्राचीन काळापासून घोषित करतात. ऋग्वेदातील पुरुषसूक्ताच्या पुरूस-प्रजापती यज्ञावर आपण लक्ष केंद्रित केल्यावर त्याने ते कसे केले ते आपण नंतरच्या लेखांमध्ये पाहतो, परंतु सध्या हे किती महत्त्वाचे आहे याचा विचार करा. श्वेतस्वतरोपनिषद म्हणतो

‘शाश्वत जीवनात प्रवेश करण्याचा दुसरा कोणताही मार्ग नाही (संस्कृत: नान्याहपंथ विद्यते – अयनया) श्वेतस्वतरोपनिषद 3:8

जर तुम्हाला कर्मापासून पळून जाण्यात स्वारस्य असेल, जर तुम्हाला मोक्ष किंवा ज्ञानाची इच्छा असेल तर प्रजापतीने (किंवा यहोवाने) येशूच्या आत्मत्यागाद्वारे आम्हाला कसे आणि का प्रदान केले याबद्दल काय प्रकट झाले आहे याची माहिती देणे शहाणपणाचे ठरेल जेणेकरून आम्ही सुटू शकू. कर्म करा आणि स्वर्ग मिळवा. आणि वेद आपल्याला झुलवत सोडत नाहीत. ऋग्वेदात प्रजापतीचा अवतार आणि त्याने आपल्यासाठी केलेल्या त्यागाचे वर्णन करणारे पुरुषसूक्त आहे. पुरुषसूक्ताचा परिचय पाहण्यासाठी येथे क्लिक करा ज्यात बायबलप्रमाणे पुरुषाचे वर्णन केले आहे (वेद पुष्टकम) येशू सत्संग (नाझरेथचा येशू) आणि तुम्हाला मोक्ष किंवा मुक्ती (अमरत्व) मिळवून देण्यासाठी त्याच्या बलिदानाचे वर्णन करते. मग आपण या वेदांमधून पुढे जाऊ आणि प्राचीन ऋषी जॉबने कर्मापासून मुक्तता आणि अनंतकाळच्या जीवनाच्या अपेक्षेची घोषणा कशी केली ते पाहू – त्याला मोक्ष देण्यात आला होता.

26 thoughts on “मोक्षप्राप्ती – कर्मापासून मुक्ती”

    1. Simply join rss say bharat mataji ki jai and achieve moksha.these stupid(so called Christian have sold their mothers souls etc .proud to be an Indian.proud to be a sanatani hindu.jai mata di.

    1. Hello Ratna
      Thank you for your comment! The only thing I would like to point out is that when you say ‘No one can know the truth’ you are – by that very statement – making an absolute claim to truth. It is rather ironic is it not. Perhaps no one can know the truth, but then again, perhaps we can. At least it does not hurt to look into what the ancient books of wisdom say

  1. It is clear from the name of your site itself “CONSIDER THE GOSPEL” and whatever you mean by “Vedic Cups” that you are in this for converting people from Hinduism to Christianity.

    I would request you missionary people to stop using Hindu terminology to fuel your evil soul-harvesting purposes. We all know about your new strategy to use inculturation to convert… Jesus sitting in a Yogic pose, etc. Don’t take us a fools.

    I want to ask you! Does your Bible not have anything original that you need words like Karma and Moksha to go on? Are your scriptures so weak in front of ours? Doesn’t that prove how artificial and plagiaristic you people are? If you love Jesus, why not stay in the Biblical context, and stop stealing concepts from Hindus? If you are a true Christian, stop abusing our philosophy and importing our concepts. Either try and study your own faith better, or simply accept Hinduism, and go on with it. Don’t try to create a breed between two fundamentally different religions. We all know what that leads to. Stop this sin, if you are true to Jesus.

    You have destroyed enough civilisations over the past 2000 years. You tried to do so here for the past 300 years… obviously you have miserably failed. So, lay off and don’t irritate us anymore. Stop trying to create divides in the Hindu populace of my country. It’s not a sin that even your Jesus can wipe out. Remember that.

    1. Roger
      It is clear that you misunderstand the Gospel. THe Gospel has never limited itself to one cultural form. This is why you see it lived and expressed in so many forms. You seem to have an issue with Christianity. Fine. Reject it. But the person and work of Jesus still stands and beckons. Look at the following article about Jesus. Is it Hindu or Christian? It is not Christian but it definitely is about Jesus and the Gospel. Everyone deserves to have the chance to understand the gospel and Jesus in a form that makes sense to him or her.

  2. Truth cannot be explained in words. The ultimate truth is beyond perception of senses which can only be realized within with the help of knowledge. If one is unable to know the truth then how the seers, sages and enlightened of the past eulogized the The Ultimate Truth which dwells within the god made temple of human body. The adjectival terminology to refer the ultimate truth are countless but in the essence the real name is one for which no script, language, and words are necessary to explain as it is beyond materialistic boundary. To know more about it you are requested to visit http://www.manavdharam.org where more detail have been given on the matter. Thanks. Keep smiling.

    1. Hi Jagdish
      Thanks for your insightful comment. You provide food for thought. The Gospel message would agree that Ultimate Truth goes deeper than words. The Gospel expresses Truth in the following way.

      In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

      Jesus (Yeshu Satsang) is proclaimed in the Gospel as this incarnation of Light. But to understand this we need to understand what our ‘darkness’ is and how this Light shines into the darkness. As we recognize the seriousness of our sin and karma then perhaps it provides motivation to understand this Light. And though words will never fully capture it, the Bible (Veda Pusthakam) contains a message that we can consider and decide if we will accept to free us from our sin and karma.

      1. Your statement In the beginning….from first verse of chapter 1 of St. John is the ultimate goal of human life. But the word is yet to be realized. The Word the scientific terminology of which is Primordial Vibration is present in every spec of the universe. The word had been expressed different holy sriptures as Sabda (Word) Brahma, Akchhar Brahma, Holy Name, Gaibi Aaawaj, Paak Nam etc. But realization of the word is different aspect of spirituality without which mere study of books and religion will land nowhere eventually.

        In the Genensis it has clearly been mentioned that “Lord god created man of the dust of ground and breath into his nostril the breath of life and man became a living soul”.

        Here, it is to be noted that it declared that man became a living soul with the breath of life not mere modification of flesh, bone and blood.

        The secret of the breath is still remained to be known practically which is only possible with initiation into knowledge of Soul which stands for Subject of Universal Life.

        Is it possible to know the Ultimate truth?

        Yes, For the living knowledge there must a Living Teacher to reveal the WORD to us.

        1. Hi Jagdish
          THank you for your thoughtful comment. Your understanding of the creation of man in Genesis is the same as mine. Man became ‘a living soul’ only when God breathed life into him, not when merely the constituent proteins were organized from the elements of the ground. So the secret of the breath must come from the Breather. As you say it must come from a Living Teacher. The claim of the gospel is that Jesus is very much alive. After he was crucified he rose physically from the dead and he offers this life to anyone who would want it. I have not yet put up any articles on this but certainly the possibility of this being true, being the key to unlocking Ultimate Truth should motivate us to consider seriously the gospel. Discussions like this do help to that end so I thank you for your comment

    1. Hi Jagdish
      And that is why everyone should have the opportunity to see and understand how the Bible (Veda Pusthakam) explains it.

  3. yea good job ,and I consider science is truth so hope we can get more scientific verification tooooooooooooooooooooo

    1. Hi Arjun
      Thanks for your comment. I do not disagree either. I think that if something is True it should align with other truth. Science is fundamentally about what we observe in the present and, even more particularly, about what is repeatable. Gravity is a good example of that. We can observe it in the present and it is repeatable. There is much that is verifiable about the Gospel. Are you asking more in terms of historical verification or scientific verifications of present-day processes?

  4. if we said i know that mean we do not know.if we said i do not know than you know something.ultimate truth is only we can feel that we can not tell to each other because that is wordless.if we like to find ultimate truth we have to find true path.thanks.

      1. Hello is it true that salvation/moksh is attained only thru Jesus. Then what about the great rishi muni’s or Hindu saints. Where are their souls?

        1. Hi Preet
          This is a great question. I guess for my part I approach spiritual laws pragmatically. I need a principle or law that can deal with my sin. As I explain in my article here, the only principle available where we know that sin is properly cleansed is the sacrifice of Jesus. I think we need to assess is sacrifice from the perspective of our need. Without judging where others stand I need to assess for myself if I want the gift of his sacrifice to cleanse my sins.

  5. Actually u people don’t know that there is no god in this world.iam trusting this god from my childhood done many poojas many fastings etc etc..recently I lost my 9months old child.actually wen I was carrying prayed a lot for a healthy child but that heart less god given me a baby with heart problem and have to b done with 2surgers but for having only one surgery.and even having many problems like growth delay,delayed milestones and brain problems etc..DAT god given these many problems to my child.nicely enjoyed her suffering and strugglings from top but still dissatisfied that’s y taken away my child from dis world.. I think now he satisfied.. Now he is Happy I believe..if he is a god y to send a child in did world and my life and y to put her in so many struggles and y to take away from did world?some people says wat ever vl happen vl happen for our good..is dis good?

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